Eye-Openers: Crab bets and Rice-a-Roni talk

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From the local scene:

Video: Mayor Ed Lee was on the Today Show this morning, wearing a red blazer alongside Al Roker and making crab-cracking bets while holding a lobster bib. Hey, Al Roker’s in town. [Today]

A fine SF-vs-Baltimore food roundtable, breaking down the delights and shortcomings of the two cities’ foods: “Unfortunately, the entirety of my San Francisco knowledge revolves around early-90s Rice-A-Roni ads, so I assume that everyone eats that and communicates via streetcar bells.” [KSK]

Meanwhile, at Guy Fieri’s Roseville location of Johnny Garlic’s: “The copper flowerlike hanging lamps dangling overhead add a slightly romantic feel and look as if they were made of a delicate fabric.” [SacBee]

From the national scene:

Burger King admits to selling horse meat: “It also raises serious questions about whether the food company, which sells around one million burgers a week in the UK, has any good idea about what goes into its products.” [Daily Mail]